Om Namoh Vasudevaya

When Lord Vishnu took the Varaha (boar) avatar, his height was 75,000 kilometers and his width was 40,000 kilometers. This enormous size was necessary according to the size of the Earth at that time, which was also around 40,000 km. According to ancient beliefs, in his Varaha avatar, he lifted the Earth from a cosmic ocean called Garbodaka Sagara, also known as the Cosmic Ocean, which is said to be one crore yojanas wide. This means the ocean was about 15 million kilometers wide. So vast that a thousand Earths could fit into it. Such a gigantic ocean can only be imagined by us. This is the same ocean where Mahavishnu rests, at an infinite distance from the Earth. The part of the ocean where he resides is called Kshira Sagara. Hence Vishnu is also called Garbodakashayi Vishnu, meaning Vishnu who sleeps in the Garbodaka Sagara. Another question arises: why did God take the form of a boar? Why not any other animal? The reason is that a boar resembles a wild pig. This creature often lives in mud and has a habit of digging deep into the earth. It can find things buried in soil or water with its snout and has a highly developed sense of smell. That is why he took the Varaha form, reached the bottom of the ocean near Hiranyaksha, and located the Earth by sniffing it out and digging through the rocks. Then he freed the Earth. Even then, in India, geography was called Bhugol, meaning “Earth” (Bhu) and “Round” (Gol) — indicating that ancient India already knew the Earth was round. In South India, there are many temples thousands of years old where statues of Varaha show the Earth as round. Meanwhile, in the 16th century, the Roman Catholic Church imprisoned Galileo for supporting the idea that the Earth is round and revolves around the Sun. Anyway… Today is Varaha Jayanti. Best wishes on this occasion. ॐ Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya Namah..🙏